Have you ever walked out of an interview wondering if the team actually knew what they were looking for? I had one recently where every interviewer seemed to be hiring for a different role. One focused on technical skills, another on leadership, and another on liaising across functions. By the end, I couldn’t tell which version of the job was real, or if one person could realistically do all three...It honestly felt like the role was still being invented as the interviews were happening.

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That sounds eerily familiar. I've had interviews where it felt like maybe I'd walked into the wrong room and the people were talking about another role entirely. It's always a bad sign when you, as the candidate, have to keep the interview on track.

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Yes, exactly. That’s such a good way to put it!

Yea. Not many companies coordinate interviews well.

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